Anything worth doing in life comes with great risk. But there is greatness revealed in daring to take that risk.
So what’s stopping you today from taking a risk that could lead to your living the life you’ve always imagined?
For most of us, it’s not that we aren’t open to taking a risk; we simply want to know upfront how much that risk will cost us – not only monetarily but also mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. There are so many of us who get caught up in the unknown, fearing that all could go wrong with taking that risk.
But you can’t let the risk stop you. You also can’t doubt yourself in terms of being able to overcome any obstacles that might come with that risk. You must try and you must dare to take risks. Greatness requires risk. It’s true.
So instead of letting uncertainty or doubt hold you back, find the courage to take a chance on your dream. Become inspired in realizing that with great risk comes great opportunity. You never know how your daring to take that risk will not only change your life, but also lives around the world – forever.
Still not convinced?
Read these 44 quotes from some inspiring people who have proven the greatness that can come from daring to take a great risk:
1. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” ~Ayn Rand
2. “If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. ~Vincent Van Gogh
>3. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” ~George Addair
4. “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” ~Napoleon Hill
5. “Do or do not. There is no try.” ~Yoda
6. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” ~Amelia Earhart
8. “Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” ~Mark Twain
9. “Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt
10. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.”~Les Brown
11. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ~Theodore Roosevelt
12. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.”~Henry Ford
13. “Control your own destiny or someone else will.”~Jack Welch
14. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” ~Lao Tzu
15. “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” ~T. S. Eliot
16. “Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at.” ~Unknown
17. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I … I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” ~Robert Frost
18. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” ~Tony Robbins
19. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, dream, discover.” ~H. Jackson Brown
20. “Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” ~e. e. cummings
21. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” ~Andre Gide
22. “The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.” ~Chuck Palahniuk
23. “Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.” ~Oprah Winfrey
24. “The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.” ~Leo F. Buscaglia
25. “Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.” ~Denis Waitley
26. “The universe has no restrictions. You place restrictions on the universe with your expectations.” ~Deepak Chopra
27. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” ~Pablo Picasso
28. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” ~Steve Jobs
29. “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” ~Jim Rohn
30. “There is only one way to avoid criticism: Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” ~Aristotle
31. “The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ” ~Mark Caine
32. “Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it’s realistic or not.” ~Deepak Chopra
33. “Leap and the net will appear.” ~Zen saying
34. “Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one’s better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.” ~Maxwell Maltz
35. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” ~Michael Jordan
36. “Because if you’re prepared and you know what it takes, it’s not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.” ~Mark Cuban
37. “It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. ” ~J.K. Rowling
38. “Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” ~Jack Canfield
39. “When you play it too safe, you’re taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we’re given.” ~Barbara Sher
40. “Screw it, Let’s do it!” ~Richard Branson
41. “Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else’s.” ~Billy Wilder
42. “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” ~Albert Einstein
43. “Only those who play win. Only those who risk win. History favors risk-takers. Forgets the timid. Everything else is commentary.” ~Iveta Cherneva
44. “Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.” ~Cadet maxim
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